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Impact of APOE epsilon4 on the cognitive performance of a sample of non-demented Puerto Rican nonagenarians.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2009
Carrión-Baralt José R, Meléndez-Cabrero Josefina, Rodríguez-Ubiñas Heide, Schmeidler James, Beeri Michal Schnaider, Angelo Gary, Sano Mary, Silverman Jeremy M
Abstract excerpt
APOE epsilon4 is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. It has also been associated with cognitive impairment and cognitive decline in young-olds, but the impact of the epsilon4 allele on cognitive function in very late life is still unclear. The object of this study was to evaluate the association of the epsilon4 allele of APOE with the cognitive performance of a sample of non-demented oldest-olds....
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